Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public
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Dramatizes techniques for office workers in meeting and working with persons outside the company, face to face and over the phone. Stresses courtesy. A secretary discovers how to make her job more enjoyable.
Great footage of office workers and secretaries.
14:41:03:03 Shot reverse shot sequence CU brunette woman with red lipstick with upset face; CU angry man with moustache talking into camera; CU woman upset defending herself; CU hand angrily smacking wood counter of desk; CU angry man aggressively speaking into camera, then he moves into extreme CU of his eyes.
14:43:21:20 Young woman sits down in chair speaking to woman in kitchen; woman picks up magazine and stoops in chair as camera slowly zooms on her yawning flipping through pages then falls asleep.
14:44:11:28 [Dream sequence] CU woman’s foot in black high heeled shoe tapping on floor, camera pans up woman in red dress, hesitates on her fingers tapping on chair’s armrest, then up to anxious woman whispering something to the woman seated next to her in the waiting room.
14:46:36:07 Indignant woman in red dress and red hat stands up from waiting room chair to ask secretary a question; low-angle woman about to ask secretary question, woman recoils in shock covering her mouth, CU same woman as the secretary dressed in black stands up with arms crossed, women in red looks shocked as she sees herself.
14:47:00:06 Out of focus CU woman asleep in chair; image focuses as camera pans back and woman in apron shakes woman’s shoulder to awake her.
14:48:40:27 Great shot of secretary in gray sweater at typewriter, stops to put a stick of chewing gum in her mouth; boss enters rooms; CU woman swallows piece of gum and gives wry smile.
14:50:17:17 CU black phone ringing, secretary answers phone “Mr. Thompson’s office”, women takes out not pad and writes down a note; CU While You Were Out notepad and woman writing note in cursive in pen.
Great footage of office workers and secretaries.
14:41:03:03 Shot reverse shot sequence CU brunette woman with red lipstick with upset face; CU angry man with moustache talking into camera; CU woman upset defending herself; CU hand angrily smacking wood counter of desk; CU angry man aggressively speaking into camera, then he moves into extreme CU of his eyes.
14:43:21:20 Young woman sits down in chair speaking to woman in kitchen; woman picks up magazine and stoops in chair as camera slowly zooms on her yawning flipping through pages then falls asleep.
14:44:11:28 [Dream sequence] CU woman’s foot in black high heeled shoe tapping on floor, camera pans up woman in red dress, hesitates on her fingers tapping on chair’s armrest, then up to anxious woman whispering something to the woman seated next to her in the waiting room.
14:46:36:07 Indignant woman in red dress and red hat stands up from waiting room chair to ask secretary a question; low-angle woman about to ask secretary question, woman recoils in shock covering her mouth, CU same woman as the secretary dressed in black stands up with arms crossed, women in red looks shocked as she sees herself.
14:47:00:06 Out of focus CU woman asleep in chair; image focuses as camera pans back and woman in apron shakes woman’s shoulder to awake her.
14:48:40:27 Great shot of secretary in gray sweater at typewriter, stops to put a stick of chewing gum in her mouth; boss enters rooms; CU woman swallows piece of gum and gives wry smile.
14:50:17:17 CU black phone ringing, secretary answers phone “Mr. Thompson’s office”, women takes out not pad and writes down a note; CU While You Were Out notepad and woman writing note in cursive in pen.
Credits
Produced by Hal Kopel. In collaboration with Hamden L. Forkner, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University.
- Addeddate
- 2013-08-18 22:10:54
- Ccnum
- asr
- Closed captioning
- yes
- Color
- color
- External-identifier
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urn:storj:bucket:jvrrslrv7u4ubxymktudgzt3hnpq:0575_Office_Courtesy_Meeting_the_Public_20_39_41_00
- Identifier
- 0575_Office_Courtesy_Meeting_the_Public_20_39_41_00
- Sound
- sound
- Whisper_asr_module_version
- 20230731.02
- Year
- 1952
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May 17, 2016
Subject: 'The Boss will sleep with you now'
Subject: 'The Boss will sleep with you now'
A very bizarre technicolor EB production about good secretaries vs bad secretaries. 'Ruth' decides to quit her job because the people there are so hard
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to deal with. Her Roommate (sister? Lover?) tells her to think about it and they'll talk about it after dinner. Ruth agrees to this and sits on a chair and almost instantly falls asleep. She has a dream where both Rush and Dorothy are in an office with a very rude secretary who doesnt answer the phone, is rude to people wanting to see the boss, and keeps people waiting. Ruth just can't take this anymore and approaches the lady to realize, (oh the shock!) that it's herself! Snapping out of the dream, she dedicates herself to making herself more friendlier and a much more people-person.
Rather unattractive lead actress, loopy situations and beautiful color makes this of course a MUST SEE on this site!
Rather unattractive lead actress, loopy situations and beautiful color makes this of course a MUST SEE on this site!
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